I m getting married and my cousin is my bridesmaid. She volunteered to plan my bachelorette party and went through SO much trouble trying to contact the other bridesmaid and work out everyones budget, time, etc. Long story short- drama. So we scratched that idea. Now we are doing a family girls trip- myself, my mom, my sister, my nieces, my aunt, cousin, and her friend. I am way more excited about this and everyone else is as well. I need to find an AWESOME present for my cousin and her friend because of all the trouble they went through because they still have everything planned and paid for it too!

I'm 18 and a male, she is 17(18 in July) and a female. Can I propose to her if I just don't ask her parents for consent. I know they would give it to me, but her mom can't keep her mouth shut about anything. Her dad is kinda the same. It's been a year and a half, and that's long enough for me to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with her!

My brother is getting married and him and his fiancé have chosen a destination wedding. They have not been very considerate of costs, they chose an expensive destination to get to and an expensive time of year, and an expensive all inclusive resort. I was happy to instead stay at a regular hotel down the street using my points, but I was blasted by my brother because "they need to fill X number of rooms, that is how these things work." So now I have no option but to stay at their resort and share a room with my parents (I and prefer my space). Also, I had politely told him to please not have my future SIL ask me to be in the wedding party as I am not a big fan of the whole bridesmaid ordeal (matchy dresses…costs…all the other obligations) and would not be offended if she kept it to her friends and family and I would be happy to read or be an attendant or something else. My SIL asked me anyway and I politely told her the same thing, at which she said she was fine doing something much more informal where we would choose our own dresses in an agreed upon color family, so I agreed. Fast forward a few months, I have now been told I have to pick form the bridesmaid dresses of her choosing, and have been even told what kind of shoes to buy (both of which I will never wear again). I think they are asking quite a lot from someone who tried to make this all work. Is my frustration justified at this point, or is it "my role" to just accept all this and the associated costs?

I was wondering whether a low priced ring would make a woman feel less special? I simply see all of this as a waste of money. Though she said that she wants something nice; haven't really mentioned the price and all, but does price really matter? I simply can't fathom the thought on spending $ on these things that doesn't prove truly how much a person really cares. I was thinking of spending close to $150 - $200 on buying a nice looking ring. Do you think the price of a ring matters to women that much?

I'm so annoyed right now and I cannot stop thinking about this. So my dads wife called me a couple of weeks ago to announce she will not be coming to my wedding anymore. I didn't even pretend to be upset, I wasn't. I'm delighted. Now my dad is calling me regularly to get me to convince her to come and to tell me how childish I'm being about this whole thing. The reason she's decided not to come are as follows: 1) I wouldn't invite her daughter to the wedding. This was for a number of reasons. One of which she was hell to be around when I was a kid (my dads wife normally stayed out of the way because she hated being around me, but always sent her daughter to things with me and my dad because she didn't want her feeling left out). This woman is also an addict and a dealer and was arrested at a wedding last year for dealing during the reception. 2) I didn't invite her parents and best friends. I don't know these people and don't care to have them at my wedding. 3) I didn't demand she be included in a pre-wedding photoshoot with my mom, grandmothers and sisters that was paid for by my mom. This will be happening the morning of. When dads wife told me about this, I told her I found her demands ridiculous and he said I was wrong to say they were. This isn't the wedding photos I'm talking about! Of course I was going to include her in those! I should also add, we're paying for the wedding ourselves.

Hi! So to give background, my fiancé and I are having a small courthouse wedding in two weeks, and then a big family ceremony in July. For the July ceremony, I am having a bridal shower and well...I don't want to invite my sister-in-law. In the past four years I have known her, she has done nothing but bully me. (Keeping in mind that I was sixteen when I met her and she was an adult makes it worse.) She makes jokes about my small size and has even shoved me (I'm 4'10 and 110 pounds). At one point, she went on a drive with me and parked her car to try to get information about my sex life with her brother. I originally made her my bridesmaid in an attempt to celebrate our oncoming sisterhood but when she kept criticizing me...I snapped...and maybe a little too hard! Since then she's pulled her daughter, my niece, out of the wedding and says she cannot see me, which greatly hurts me because I love my niece. She has also stated that she is not coming to the wedding at it was selfish of me to plan it during her vacation week. Yeah... So, I'm trying not to be mean here. I want to be the classy person because it'll look bad inviting everyone but her, but I know she isn't going to come anyway. Or worse, she will come and make me miserable. What do I do? I love my fiancé's family and don't want to cause trouble but I don't want a relationship with this troubled woman after all this. I am positively shocked by the backlash I'm receiving. The July wedding was originally planned but last minute we got our apartment two months early. Everyone knows about it, and everyone was fine with it. I honestly cannot believe some of the arrogant answers I'm receiving that are beside the point. Thank you to those of you who actually answered the question! Wow, I'm shocked by the down right cruelty on here. I can't do this and I can't do that? If I want to have a family party I can. There is a horrible sense of community on here. Okay trolls! Answer all you want. It seems to be your hobby. I'll go on with my wedding and my life though. Thanks so much. Some truly unintelligent people here. Guess what? Having a party after an elopement isn't an uncommon thing. Everyone is okay with it, including the guests. Seems like a bunch of thirsty trolls on here with irrelevant opinions. Maybe if I reword it some of you people who have made me your hobby will stop. I misspoke. The ceremony in July is really more like a family party where we show up in our wedding attire. The bridal shower I suppose has now turned into a tea party before the event. Everyone is fine with it and there's nothing wrong. I'm not back peddling, I just didn't put effort into explaining because rightly so, I didn't think it mattered. Maybe the planning is messy but calling a young woman trashy because of it is beyond sick to me. Also, I'm not throwing my own bridal shower.

In addition to this, do women keep up with this lifestyle even after marriage. Based on the current stat. almost 83% women have admitted to having affairs after their marriage.